Falsettos NYC Reviews and Tickets
Show-Score Member Reviews (1,021)
See it if You want a cathartic experience after the tragedy that was our last election. Lines like "Let's be scared together" are so resonant now.
Don't see it if Although I'd recommend this to everyone, there are some people who aren't big on Bill Finn's idiosyncratic voice as a writer, so maybe them?
See it if you want to see an all star cast singing their hearts out and portraying the perfect amount of heart and grit in each of their roles
Don't see it if youre not a fan of William Finn's music, and dont enjoy musicals all sung through
See it if you want a good time!
Don't see it if you are homophobic.
See it if you love the art form of the American musical. While it could easily come across as dated, this revival feels fresh and vital!
Don't see it if you want to escape to a different time and place than the present.
See it if want to feel joy, compassion, love and great entertainment
Don't see it if you dont like musicals
See it if You want a wonderful cast performing a Tony award winning score and story about people in crisis during the early years of the AIDS crisis
Don't see it if You don't like blocks. That element of the actors having to assemble them into every set wore thin early on.
See it if Just see it
Don't see it if no reason not to
See it if you are gay. The story is strong. Combined with great songs.
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Critic Reviews (49)
"It’s a curious piece of art whose composition is not quite conducive to being taken as a whole (and at nearly three hours, it demands a hefty appetite for nostalgia)...It feels now like the sort of rerun you might question your decision to watch halfway through...The second act benefits from having higher stakes and meatier drama for the characters to work through...The actors likewise shine in the musical’s second half."
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"The show remains brave and hilarious, a charming and deeply moving treasure...That first half feels very sweet but a little naive these days, somewhat of a period piece without all the rich sadness and lyric maturity of what comes later. But then...bam!...Although it’s hard to separate these characters from the original actors, the cast is terrific...Lapine’s direction is finely calibrated to be showy without being show-bizzy."
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"The Broadway revival of William Finn’s 1992 musical, directed by James Lapine, is transfixing, moving—unbearably so in places—and also very funny...'Falsettos' doesn’t simply move us by evoking decline and loss; it moves us because it imagines this group of family and friends finding a way, somehow, to defy the awfulness of what is engulfing them...'Falsettos' embraces all sexualities, new kinds of families, and all kinds of voices, without ever straying into preachiness."
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"Not your typical Broadway musical, but it's being given a top-shelf Broadway production, with knowing direction, striking scenery and flawless performances from highly talented musical-theater actors...What enables it to work – what makes the evening funny and rueful — is William Finn's singular score, which goes to the heart of each matter...Directed with great empathy by James Lapine, 'Falsettos' achieves the same power it had a quarter-century ago."
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"'Falsettos'—that very New York tear-jerker of a musical masterpiece by James Lapine and William Finn—gets an extraordinarily satisfying and modern-seeming revival...There isn’t a throwaway song among the 35-plus in this grand affair...Is there a theme more universal than the mystery of why some people fall in love? This eloquent take bridges age and cultural boundaries and is as timeless as they come."
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"Features a crackerjack cast and creative team...The music sounds better than ever and the nerve centers of AIDS-discrimination and the meaning of family are still rich...The songs, a fanciful and frenetic, largely sung-through mix, drive the story and explore the characters with insightful lyrics...Lapine keeps the story moving forward, but the music sometimes feels repetitive and the ending is somewhat abrupt, yet it still delivers its poignant punch."
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"It makes you laugh a lot, it makes you cry a little. It keeps you constantly involved and even more than a wee bit in awe of the talent on display, from the writers, their creative colleagues and the performers...Finn's harmonies and tempos add humour and definition to his incisive lyrics...Lapine's staging is endlessly inventive...In this brilliant rendering, 'Falsettos' again proves itself to be a show that surely should register with you, whatever your particular range, vocal or otherwise."
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"It’s an unalloyed gem, cast impeccably, staged with verve and imagination...It’s a sprightly score by William Finn, leavened with intelligent, often incisive lyrics that give the musical muscle and humor and value...This is truly a sterling ensemble and every member in it has material with which to shine. As a result, the evening shimmers and sparkles, and manages the curve its story serves us with honesty and enormous pathos."
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